With Thanks

Production Sponsor

Patti Johnson Wilson Foundation

Production Underwriter

City of Tulsa

Composer Commission Underwriters

Charlotte Schuman
Kelly Kirby
Martin Wing
Susan & Timothy Young

Season Underwriters

Mervin Bovaird Foundation
Laven Sowell Foundation

Corporate Sponsors

“There’s a Sweet, Sweet Spirit in This Place” copyright Jasmine Barnes, presented by arrangement with the composer. All rights reserved; “after Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” from Songs of Death copyright 2020 Tyshawn Sorey, presented by arrangement with the composer. All rights reserved; “Liza” from 5 Songs for Soprano and Piano copyright 2000 Peter Ashbourne, presented by arrangement with the composer. All rights reserved; “Nobody’s Business (But Me Own)” from 5 Songs for Soprano and Piano copyright 2001 Peter Ashbourne, presented by arrangement with the composer. All rights reserved; “Prayer” and “Creole Girl” from Nightsongs copyright 1976-1996 H. Leslie Adams, presented by arrangement with American Composers Alliance, publisher. All rights reserved; “O del mio amato ben” from A Love Cycle copyright 2013 Marques L.A. Garrett, presented with permission of the composer. All rights reserved; “My Heart to Thy Heart” from Four Romantic Love Songs copyright 1994 Adolphus Hailstork, presented by arrangement with Theodore Presser Company, publisher. All rights reserved; “One Perfect Rose” copyright 2004 Stewart Goodyear, presented by arrangement with the composer. All rights reserved; “Condolence” copyright 2021 Stewart Goodyear, presented by arrangement with the composer. All rights reserved; “State of Grace” copyright 2017 Kathryn Bostic, presented by arrangement with LeDor Group, publisher. All rights reserved; “A Kiss on the Forehead” copyright Nkeiru Okoye, presented by arrangement with the composer. All rights reserved; “Inside Is What Remains” copyright 2021 Nkeiru Okoye, presented by arrangement with the composer. All rights reserved; “Secret” copyright 2018 Klavia Press, commissioned by Mirror Visions Ensemble, presented by arrangement with the composer. All rights reserved; “Songs for the People” copyright 2021 James Lee III, presented by arrangement with the composer. All rights reserved; “Billie’s Song” by Valerie Capers from Portraits in Jazz copyright Oxford University Press Inc 2000, assigned to Oxford University Press 2010. All rights reserved; “Il a neigé” and “Secret” copyright 2021 David Bontemps Montréal, Qc. Canada, presented by arrangement with the composer. All rights reserved; “Eclipsed World” from Confessions from a Dream copyright 2016, 2017, 2018 Masonian Publications, presented by arrangement with the composer. All rights reserved; “Is There Anybody Here?” copyright 1983 Mar-Vel Music, presented by arrangement with the composer. All rights reserved; “Oh, Freedom” copyright 2015 Mar-Vel Music, presented by arrangement with the composer. All rights reserved; “Harlem Night Song” from Two Poems by Langston Hughes copyright 1990, presented by arrangement with the composer. All rights reserved; “I Want to Die While You Love Me” from Miss Wheatley’s Garden copyright 2015 by Gentry Publications. Administered worldwide by Fred Bock Music Company. All rights reserved. Used with permission; “There are many trails of tears” from Fire Across the Tracks: Tulsa 1921 copyright 2021, presented by arrangement with the composer and librettist. All rights reserved; “Prayer (Gather Up)” copyright 2018 by CSJr. Music (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved. Text Copyright 1994 by The Estate of Langston Hughes, by permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated. Sole Agent: Bill Holab Music; “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” copyright 2011 NEW-J Publishing, premiered and performed for the 50th Inaugural Anniversary Celebration for President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, presented by arrangement with the composer. All rights reserved; “Sending You Light” copyright 1993, presented by arrangement with the composer. All rights reserved.